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Aviation, General Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Pilot makes emergency call to control tower • His chant of Allahu akbar forced other passengers, suspecting him to be a suicide bomber, to overpower him By UCHE USIM, Lagos, and Molly Kilete, Abuja There was panic in Abuja, the nation’s capital yesterday when it was rumoured that an Abuja-bound Arik aircraft was laden with […]
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EFCC Politics, Governors
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
FORMER Nasarawa State governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma and six others listed in an alleged N15 billion money laundering charge would have their trial starting afresh, starting with fresh arraignment, a Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, said this on Wednesday. The de novo trial order was consequent upon the transfer of the trial judge, Justice […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
A 41-year-old car wash shocked his family when he interrupted a funeral being held for him at his mother’s home in the town. The incident happend at Alagoinhas, in northeastern Brazil, police said on Tuesday. The police inspector, Roberto Lima, told the Associated Press by telephone that on Sunday, Jose Marcos Araujo identified a body […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
THE Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Wednesday decorated 22 Comptrollers of Immigration, who were promoted to Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACG) with their new ranks. Comptroller-General of the service, Mrs Rose Uzoma, performed the ceremony at the NIS headquarters in Abuja. She said the promotion became imperative as a result of recent restructuring and expansion of the service […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

It is not always possible not to notice the presence of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, at any gathering. Even in the Presidential Villa, where she resides with members of her family, Patience’s commanding presence is usually felt. But for about two days, Patience was conspicuously absent in the Villa. Yet, no one […]
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Cross River, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit in which the indigenes of Bakassi asked for an order to compel the Federal Government to repossess the Bakassi Peninsula and nullify the Green Tree Agreement it entered with Cameroon. The International Court of Justice, in a judgment on October 10, 2002, ceded the oil […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The police in Anambra State on Wednesday arrested Mrs. Njideka Imoka, the teacher that allegedly flogged a pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, to death at St. John of God Secondary School, Awka. The police also arrested the school’s principal, Mrs. Phil Odenigbo, who happened to be the wife of the immediate-past secretary to the state government, Mr. […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
I have not yet read the controversial civil war memoir of Chinua Achebe, and as a professional historian, I don’t really think it is ethical to speak on a work one has not read. However, I have endeavoured to read Noo Saro-Wiwa’s review of the book posted on The Guardian of London on-line. I have […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
With the restriction of okada on some routes and the worsening fuel scarcity in Lagos State, many Lagosians who were stranded trekked to their destinations on Wednesday. Also, motorists were held up for hours following gridlock on most major roads. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway towards Seven-Up, Yaba, Iyana Ipaja, Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Oba Akran […]
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Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
By Bayo Olupohunda – The drumbeats of presidential politics among the major ethnic groups that have dominated political equation in the country are gathering momentum. The discordant tunes will reach a crescendo in the coming months as the country races another electoral cycle in the quest to elect the nation’s president in 2015. As it […]